Abu Sayyaf

Abu Sayyaf is a jihadist group active in the Jolo and Basilan islands in the Philippines. It pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2014, becoming a part of its self-proclaimed global caliphate. The group was founded in 1991 by Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani, and it carried out bombings, kidnappings, extortion, assassinations, rape, drive-by shootings, and drug trafficking in alliance with the 14K Triad and formerly al-Qaeda before its merger with ISIS. By 2016, Abu Sayyaf had 300+ fighters.